Captains mode is a turn-based civilization picker. Each captain can pick and ban civilizations in a predefined order. Bans prevent the opponent's captain from picking the civilizations.

For each turn captains have 30 seconds. In case of timeout a random civilization is picked for the captain or no civilization gets banned.

There are also extension available for tournaments. Hidden option (black corners) hides the civilization choices until they are explicitely showed (visible in the timeline at the top). Global pick or bans disables the civilization for later turns. For other specific settings, please refer to the preset descriptions.

Practice mode is for testing purposes, where both sides are controlled by a single player.